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I purchased my Essex in 1968 give or take. The “instruction booklet” was about 4 pages. Like 1 8.5 by 11 sheet cut into fourths. It said something like “here is a bunch of wood. Shape the hull, use dowels for masts, and thread for rigging. Good luck”. I marched along very slowly as best I could. In the 80s MS produced a very nice instruction book which helped greatly. In fact I ended up undoing some things and making it better. I also coppered the hull (I had painted it greenish and was not happy with that.) Moving along, I was still rigging it in the 2000s. I finally finished so 40 years after I started.
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Real nice work John. I have not touched my Morgan for weeks with moving preparations. So much to do😬. I think I may pack her up for the duration.
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CDW, you could open your own hobby store! 😳. I am a rank amateur stash-wise, I’m sure, with 3 plastic kits and 3 wooden ships in the wait list!
- CDW, Egilman, popeye the sailor and 5 others
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I guess not actually sold, but delivered to a new owner.
- mtaylor, lmagna, Ryland Craze and 2 others
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In between selling our current house and buying a new smaller place, not much is happening in the shipyard. And I expect that progress will be very slow over the next few months. I’m afraid I may have to sell off some of my stash because of lack of room in our new home. 😬. Anyway, I did manage to get the mizzenmast in place.
- marktiedens, John Ruy and Cjames
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4 hours ago, grsjax said:
List it on eBay for $100 and it should sell pretty quickly
I thought it would sell quickly on this forum. After all where would you find so many modelers?
I will be happy if someone builds it and has fun. Anyway, I do have someone interested and I need to check on postage.- Ryland Craze, HIPEXEC and mtaylor
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The kit seems to be of excellent quality, and your work is exemplary . Beautiful model.
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Just for information, I jury rigged my own box and shipped to Florida to a good home. Final cost $63 plus some (a lot) of packing tape and bubble wrap
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Great looking model. I hope mine will be as nice.
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21 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:
it's a very beautiful model
Thanks. I’ve never been successful with an air brush. I probably need a good instructor; but you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
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Thank you all for the nice comments.
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Charles W. Morgan by John Ruy - FINISHED - Marine Model Company - 5/32”=1’ (1/76 scale) - Vintage Solid Hull Kit
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
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She continues to look better and better, John, as she nears completion. I miss working on my models. But we are in a condo in Myrtle Beach until the new house is finished. On the up side, we got our first COVID vaccinations.